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CuVerro® kills 99.9% of harmful bacteria*. All day and all night.

Every day we touch hundreds of surfaces contaminated with deadly bacteria and cleaning alone is not enough to eradicate these pathogens. Now there is a new tool to help fight this threat – CuVerro® bactericidal copper alloy surfaces.

These EPA-registered surfaces dramatically improve environmental hygiene by killing 99.9% of bacteria* and continue to be effective 24/7. CuVerro is the only class of EPA-registered solid surfaces able to make public health claims.

Engineered for durability, strength, and tarnish-resistance, CuVerro surfaces are not harmful to people or the environment and provide a sustainable antimicrobial advantage for any setting. From door handles and IV poles to grab bars and sinks, CuVerro is leading the movement against infectious bacteria*.

A World Leader in Copper Tubing

Olin Brass Fineweld® Tube is a business unit of Olin Brass, and a world leader in its own right. Developed in Olin Brass Metals Research Laboratory, Fineweld Tube was initially commercialized in 1968 and quickly rose to a dominant market position in high-frequency welded copper alloy tubing.

Today, we specialize in tubing products manufactured from copper-nickel alloys designed for heat transfer and other applications that demand superior surface quality. We serve public and private customers in a wide range of markets, including power utility, desalination, air conditioning and refrigeration, architectural hardware, plumbing and plumbing products, and redraw.

Product Overview

Fineweld Tube manufactures welded copper alloy tubing from flat-rolled strip via the high frequency induced current method, also known as the “forge-welded process.” This process involves heating the strip edges to a plastic state, then forging them together to create a metallurgically sound weld. No filler metals are used.

Below is a summary of our manufacturing capabilities. Please contact us for more information or request a quote for product made to your exact specifications.

Alloys

C12200 Phosphorus Deoxidized Copper

C19400 Copper-Iron Alloy

C22000 Commercial Bronze

C23000 Red Brass

C24000 Low Brass

C26000 Cartridge Brass

C26800 Yellow Brass

C27200 Yellow Brass

C44300 Arsenical Admiralty Brass

C51000 Phosphor Bronze, 5%

C51100 Phosphor Bronze, 4%

C52100 Phosphor Bronze, 8%

C68700 Arsenical Aluminum Brass

C70600 90-10 Copper-Nickel

C71000 80-20 Copper-Nickel

C71500 70-30 Copper-Nickel

C72200 85-15 Copper-Nickel (chromium modified)

C75200 Nickel-Silver

Fineweld® Tube also offers antimicrobial tube made with EPA-registered CuVerro® bactericidal copper alloys. Contact us or visit www.cuverro.com for more information.

Dimensional Capabilities

Outside Diameter: From 1/2″ to 2-3/8” (12.7mm to 60.3mm)

Wall Thickness: From 0.018” to 0.125” (0.46mm to 3.17mm)

Straight Lengths: From 4 inches to 80 feet (101.6mm to 24.4m)

Coils

Large Diameter Bunch Coils:

Continuous coils up to 1400 pounds or 2800 feet

Coil diameter – approximately 84”

Tube diameters available – 0.875”, 1.000”, 1.125” and 1.250”

Level Wound Coils:

Coil diameter – approximately 36”

Tube diameters available – 0.500” and 0.625”

Shapes

In addition to round tube, Fineweld® Tube can produce a variety of shapes including rectangular, square, D-shaped, oval, etc.

Surface Finishes

Standard: Mill Quality

Surface Critical: Suitable for buffing and plating

Polish: Choice of Polished, Polished and Lacquered, or Satin-Finished. Contact us for information on other finishes.

Patterned: Diamond pattern pictured below; contact us for information on other embossed finishes.

Value-Added Services

For Fineweld Tube, success depends upon our ability to manufacture product to the precise specifications of each customer. To that end, we offer a number of specialized services that allow us to custom tailor your order to your needs, including cut-to-length, coils, shape variations, and patterned or finished tube options.

Inventory Management

We can also design customized inventory management programs to meet your operational requirements while minimizing inventory and maximizing cash flow.

And we relish the opportunity to meet any other challenges you may have. Please contact us for more information or request a quote for product made to your exact specifications.

Our Process

Fineweld Tube follows a strict process with every order and customer.

Verify Order and Product Need

Quality Assurance

Research and Test

Quality Inspection

Scheduling and Delivery

Customer Follow up

Customer Service

Going Above and Beyond

Since 1909, Somers Thin Strip has excelled in developing the manufacturing expertise to produce exceptionally thin metal strip products. This proficiency, combined with an unwavering commitment to research and innovation, has established us as the world leader in the production of customized thin gauge metal strip.

At Somers, our guiding philosophy has always been to work closely with each customer to meet their specific application needs. And that, we believe, is the ultimate reason for our longstanding success. Because the material solutions we develop are the direct result of addressing challenges that arise in the markets we serve. Your markets. Your challenges. Your solutions. That’s Somers Thin Strip.

Precision Metal Foils Tailored To Your Needs

Somers Thin Strip produces specialty metal foils whose precision and performance are unsurpassed in the industry. Our product line, which includes stainless steel foils and a number of distinct precision copper foils, is outlined below.

Copperbond Treated Copper Foil

Rapid growth in the flexible printed circuit and battery industries has fueled parallel advances in our own technology, resulting in our development of proprietary surface treatments and enhancements for increasingly specialized applications, including:

One example is our CopperBond® dendritic surface treatment, which provides a tightly adhering, uniform, electrochemical deposition of copper or copper-nickel dendrites on the foil surface. It offers significantly greater bond strength over that of smooth copper, due to a tightly controlled, irregular topography that causes a uniquely effective “hooking action” to occur between the copper, adhesive, and substrate.

Multiple types of surface treatment are available on the rolled foils, including CopperBond® Pink treatment, CopperBond DT™ (double-side-treatment), CopperBond Black™ (a low profile copper-nickel treatment), as well as nickel-plating.

Additionally, increased miniaturization and performance demands have also driven Somers to introduce copper alloy foils with higher strengths and different properties than pure copper foils, rolled to thicknesses from 0.00039” (10 µm) to .016″ (400 µm), with or without surface treatment.

XTF

As electronics products become smaller, faster and more complex, the demand for high-density interconnect (HDI) printed circuit boards continues to rise. CopperBond® XTF was developed to give forward-thinking designers the tools necessary to use HDI technology to its full capacity.

CopperBond® XTF is an extra-thin releasable (peelable) foil on a thicker carrier foil, with customized thickness ranging from 1 to 5 microns to meet your applications requirements. The extra thin ED Foil is carried by a releasable 1-ounce (35 micron) copper foil, which utilizes an inorganic release layer to provide exceptionally consistent release force even when laminated at elevated temperatures.

The result? A product that is being embraced as “the next generation of thin” by the engineers who are taking electronic components into ever smaller, faster territory. A breakthrough for the industry. Business as usual for Somers Thin Strip.

Adding Value to Every Aspect of Service

For Somers Thin Strip, the challenge of doing business has grown exponentially in recent years, with the ever higher demand for product quality and technological innovation matched by constantly growing expectations in the areas of service reliability and efficiency.

We’ve been exceptionally successful in meeting the challenge, in large part by redoubling our efforts to improve every aspect of our services. From constantly increasing the flexibility of our service offerings and raising the bar in performance reliability, to maintaining the highest possible level of technical and research support in new product development for our customers, we are wholly committed to adding value to every aspect of every service we offer. Some examples:

Inventory Management Programs

Like the products we manufacturer, our program offerings are designed to be custom-tailored to suit your specific needs while minimizing lead time, ensuring stable supply, and reducing capital costs.

Technical Support

Our technical service engineering group is made up of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the foils industry. They’re available at your convenience to provide whatever support you need, from material recommendations to customer application trouble shooting, working onsite and via any communication method you prefer.

Back to the Future: Olin Brass Mill Products

While Olin Brass is a major player in virtually every industry where copper alloys are utilized, our core business remains centered in East Alton, Illinois, and the brass mill Franklin Olin founded nearly a century ago. Today, it’s among the most productive facilities of its kind in the world, capable of turning out well over a million pounds of finished product – copper alloys in coil form – every working day. Those alloys, in turn – 60 in all, from high coppers and brasses to phosphor bronzes and nickel silvers – form the foundation of the Olin Brass product portfolio.

Mill Products: Specifications Summary

Olin Brass produces 60 distinct copper alloys at our East Alton brass mill, including both horizontally and direct chill vertically cast compounds. Please note: the following summary of product specifications is not an exhaustive list. For information about alloys, gauges, and configurations not listed here, please contact us.

Enhancing Value Through Service Excellence

In addition to producing 60 distinct copper alloys, Olin Brass Mill Products offers a full line of value-added services as well as technical services for continued support.

From cut-to-length and special finishes to engineering recommendations, Mill Products has the capabilities and expertise to provide service solutions specific to your needs. A sampling of the exceptional services we offer:

Value Added Services

Commercial Hot Tinning

Electroplated Products

Trial/Sample Programs

Multi-gauge and Skiving Lines

Traverse Wound Reels

Clad Metal Capabilities

Customer Specific Packaging

Technical Assistance

Mill Products has a dedicated and experienced technical engineering team that provides best in class support through knowledge and innovation. They can assist with material selection, recommendations and trouble-shooting, and are available at your convenience – by phone or email as well as on-site for all your technical needs.

Inventory Management Programs

We offer tailored programs to meet your operational requirements. These programs are designed to maintain supply stability while minimizing lead time and inventory.